Non-sinkable ship.



A. NOGAR.

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NON-SINKABLE SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2e, 1914.

Patented Dec. 1,1914.

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AUGUST NOGAR, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-EIGHTH T GEORGE J AKABCIN j AND ONE-EIGHTH T0 JOHN JAKABCIN,

SYLVANIA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

NoN-SINKABLI; SHIP.

' Patenteu'nee. 1,1914.

Application fusa May as. 1914. serial No. 841.488..

To all w11 om it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST NoGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Sinkable Ships, of which the following is a specification.

This invention .relates to non-sinkable i ships, and vone of the principal objects of the invention is to provide air containers or receptacles to be placed at opposite sides of the .ship to prevent careening or capsizing of the boat and at the same time toprevent the boat from rocking longitudinally and also from sinking.

Another object of the invention is to provide a series of air containers on opposite sides of the ship, said containers each comprising a series of partitioned compartments for containing air, so that should lone of the compartments be punctured or injured, it will not interfere with the function of the remaining compartments.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a series of air containers at opposite sides of the beat made up in sections of various compartments extending a certain length longitudinally at the side of the boat, said sections being sepa-rated by or bulk heads, so that should one section of theboat become injured it will not interfere with the buoyant qualities of the remainder of the boat.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ship provided with air containers made in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of the ship showing upon one side the air containers in place, and upon the other side the manner o constructing the partitions and bulk heads, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the' manner of securing the air contamers to the:

deck and side partitions of the ship.

Referring'to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig. 1, the numeral 1 designates a ship, in which the opposite sides 1are extended to form spaces for the air containers, and as shown in this re, the vertical lines 2 represent the partitions or bulk heads which separate the air container sections,

one from the other. It isto be noted that toward the bow of the boat, the psrttions,}'nice1y,`will not tip `from 'one "side tothe '1t-'16* artitions or bulk heads 2 are quite' close together and' BOTH OF READING, PENN- that they gradually increase in length'toward the stern of the boat. The purpose of this arrangement is, in order to meet the usual 'contingencies in seav travel, it has been found that the greater majority of accidents to ships involve the injury of the bow or that locality from the bow of the boat back toward the quarter in a greater number of instances than from the center of the boat tively short compartments for the series off air containers, so that if one should be linl jured it would not interfere with the func-l -tion of the next adjacent, etc.

Referring now to Fig. 2, in which a transverse vertical sectional View vis shown, the` side portions 3 of the boat or vessel are occupied by a series of air containers 1l, which practically lill up the entire s aceof the side portion 3 of the boat or vessel? The air containers 4f are made up by means of an enlarged casing provided with a to 5, aside 6 upon the outside, and a side wa l 7 on the inside, and in order to hold the air containers in place, a suitable fastener or bolt- 8k extends through the deck 9 into one of the containers upon the top row which are designated by the numeral 10, while at the inner upper corner, the container is also connected `to the side partition 11 by means of a suit able bolt 12, and each of the containers 13 tening to partition 11.'.

,. .The partitions or bulk heads are formedV by means of braces 18 and vertical supports 19, while the bulk'heads are fitted against these braces and secured firmly in place by.v rivets or; other suitable means.

As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 on opposite sides, inside the projecting side portions 3 spaces may b e utilized to be filled with air containers as indicated at 20, thus leaving sufficient space in the center for the various decks, and for machinery, boilers or other articles required. The decks 21 may beef any required height, one 'from the other, -while -the upper decks 22 may extend entirely over the air containers at opposite vsides of the ship.

From the foregoing it will ,be obvious that a ship made in accordance with this inver! tion cannot readily sink, will` ridetlre waves tot otiier'fov'liiig tothe vfami: that the air conw j A i'n seidv extensions, said air 'containers com`- miners are upon opposite sides of thfshi, and thgit the' -Ship 4cannofgiit and heave lonf gitudinailyowing to theprnjection of the sides which eontaikhe' compartments.

Various Changes may be made in the etails of construction Without departing :fro'r' the @www Mmm @Mem may be @Mameli for @www l i prsiz'ig rectangular eompartments secureci by fasfeners 'to the deck and partition, and lL5 said containers being. farranged'in sections,

.and bilikheads for vcliviciiitlg said-secions, lsaid ybulk heads complising diagonal and Y ertic'eibrac'e bars. J C

in testimqmjyv whereof aix my signature 20 in presence of two Wlinesses A AUGUST Noem'. Witnesses: y VJ. P. BUNYEA,

DAVIS.

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